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WE''RE ALL IN A MESH

The book of Mesh

It's a book. A book about an idea you feel a long time coming. What to do with CD's you have in your house? Load them in... After that? Sell, give them away! New music? Buy it on the web. But do I really still want it all? Mmm, no, I'ld say. Books? Same thing. So, as a matter of fact, I'm trying to say farewell to a lot of things. Things as in worldly possesions.
Well Lisa Gansky knows all about it and has written it down. Mesh, it's called.

Most businesses follow the same basic formula: create a product or
service, sell it, and collect money. What Lisa Gansky calls "Mesh"
businesses throw this model out the window. Instead, these companies use
social media, wireless networks, and data crunched from every available
source to provide people with goods and services at the exact moment
they need them, without the burden and expense of owning them outright. The Mesh gives companies a better understanding of what customers really want.

Already, hundreds of successful Mesh companies are redefining how we
interact with the people, goods, and services in our lives. These
businesses are easier to start and spreading like wildfire, from bike
sharing and home exchanges to peer-to-peer lending, energy cooperatives,
and open source design. Consider: